Consumers have, for years, been urged to eat a Mediterranean diet, which eschews red meats and processed food in favor of fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, nuts, olive oil, and wine, but the advice lacked a rigorous study to prove it prevented heart disease. Now there is one. A Mediterranean diet …
ATLANTA (AP) — You may not be a disease detective, but now you can play one at home. The nation’s public health agency has released a free app for the iPad called “Solve the Outbreak.” It allows users to run through fictional outbreaks and make decisions: Do you quarantine the village? Talk to …
February is American Heart Month to bring awareness to heart disease, which is the number one killer of women in the U.S. And the older a women gets, the more likely she is to develop heart disease. Worldwide, 8.6 million women die from heart disease each year, according to the Heart Foundation …
In March 2002, after hearing rumors that her partner was infected with HIV, Nancy Santiago got tested. When the results came back, her doctor gave her a hug and a referral to care. “Ten years later, I’m still here” – she didn’t even need antiretrovirals until four years ago – “and I have a lot to do …
DENMARK — Graying or thinning hair, wrinkles, puffier eyes…all of these signs of aging could also signal heart attack risk. Researchers in Denmark analyzed data from a large study on heart disease, looking for a link between visible signs of aging and an aging heart. People who had at least 3 or …
(AP) NEW YORK – Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer among Hispanics in the U.S., and the rest of the country may be only a few years behind. The change is not exactly cause for alarm. Death rates for both cancer and heart disease have been dropping for Hispanics and everyone else …
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